Yaretsu Aarke
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| Height | 245 cm |
| Weight | 280 kg |
| Sex | Male |
| Gender | Masculine (He/Them) |
| Alignment | True Neutral (Ninefold) |
| Status | Alive |
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| Deity | Asgorath |
| Scores | 12 10 14 13 10 16 |
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| Character owner: Ryuu | |
Yaretsu Aarke, also known as Fáfnir, is a character in Tyranny of Dragons and Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaigns.
Overview
Yaretsu is a formerly-retired-now-active adventurer, a powerful mage, and the proprietor of the "Under Golden Wing" tavern, located past the north gate of Waterdeep. Having made a magical pact, they have been involved in fighting the Cult of the Dragon and slaying of Tiamat during her escape from Avernus. After Thanathur Goldthorn's passing and losing their powers from a fulfilled pact, they have been managing the tavern left behind by him, giving the draconic cult escapees a place to call home and a semblance of normal life.
During the two years of downtime, Yaretsu has been informed of the state of the Dragonborn nation of Tymanther and his former patron's genocide against their people, and has briefly visited a temple of Asgorath in the Anauroch desert. Contact with the vestige of the draconic overgod has let them find purpose to their existence, and thus Yaretsu has decided to commit apotheosis in order to be able take care of their brethren and be able to take on Gilgeam, the god king of Unther.
With a good opportunity presenting itself, they have dived into the dungeon beneath Waterdeep with a new party, developing their own magic abilities and looking for a method of ascending to a demi-godhood.
Appearance
Yaretsu is a Faerûnian Half-Dragon of the Brass subspecies. He takes a notable feature after his draconic parent, unlike his brethren: a pair of large wings that allows them to fly. Their scales are made of brass with some bronze dotted along different parts of their body. Among other unusual features are their body hair, as well as nipples, which have been passed on to him through his father's Polymorph spell. Their right hand notably has been darkened and is covered in black chromatic scales as a result of soul devouring conducted by Rezmir Orogoth.
Their physique can be best described as "large". Standing at 145 cm tall, and 280 kg of weight, they are both muscular and big-bellied.
Yaretsu possesses numerous piercings on their ears and a golden nose ring. Their hair is swept back, with eyebrows covering the brow ridges and a full beard covering their chin. There are several smaller spikes growing out of the beard.
The outfit of choice for them is an old tank top, a pair of dark cargo pants and steel-toed boots, which they have worn as their work outfit while working as a carpenter. By Yaretsu's belt hangs a holder for their Book of Shadows, on their left bicep is a black cloth wrapping formerly used as a holder for nails, and on the left wrist they have wrapped an opal pendant - the holy symbol of their god Asgorath.
Yaretsu can sometimes change appearance with shapeshifting abilities, most often morphing their wings into a second pair of arms, or turning themself into a T-rex for combat purposes.
Personality
Biography
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Powers, Abilities & Eqipment
Innate powers
- Breath weapon
Yaretsu possesses the anatomy necessary to exhale a cloud of napalm, burning everything in front of them.
- Limited foresight
Yaretsu has the capability of limited foresight, allowing them to predict some future events and alter them. This ability manifests in being able to predict outcomes of some actions, predict traps and hidden passages, as well as alter some unfortunate events to their party's benefit.
- Immortality
Yaretsu is biologically immortal. The Eldritch means of attaining that ability have been granted to them by their patron upon the fulfilment of their pact magic.
- Sorcery
Yaretsu's draconic blood is a conduit for the Weave, allowing them to manipulate it and utilise the Art. They can cast a variety of classes of spells and notably being able to modify them by the means of metamagic.
Magic
- Supportive magic
Yaretsu utilizes a plethora of supportive spells, mostly of the utility variety. They can cast many spells and rituals that aid their party in exploration, as well as spells that facilitate communication via telepathy, teleportation of themself and others, and even being able to create matter out of pure Primordial Chaos.
- Destructive magic
Yaretsu possesses an affinity towards fire from his subspecies, being able to breathe, conjure and manipulate it. A signature spell from that department is one that conjures a fiery bow, which fires an arrow that explodes upon impact. Their Art gives them an ability to create and throw magical daggers that unerringly track and hit their designated targets, as well as fire a beam of destructive force out of their mouth, which disintegrates anything upon impact.
- Shapeshifting
Yaretsu has the ability to shapeshift, which has a variety of uses. It can be used for combat (T-rex), utility (transforming their wings into a second pair of arms), deception (identity theft), as well as entertainment (sex work).
Apotheosis
- Creation domain
Using his vestige of Tiamat's power, Yaretsu has laid claim to the creation domain of the draconic pantheon in the absence of the overgod Asgorath, who formerly governed this aspect of divinity.
- Favoured races
Yaretsu has laid claim to favouring all draconic humanoids, from Dragonborn, to Kobolds, to any race of humanoid that may emerge with draconic blood, in absence of their father Asgorath, who was the only god to favour them.
Equipment
- Book of Shadows
Together with their magical pact, Yaretsu has obtained a Book of Shadows, which stayed magically bound to them upon its fulfilment. The book serves as a notebook, a diary, a spellbook, and has a built-in Bag of Holding, hidden between the pages.
- The Blade of Disaster
While having access to their patron's vault of weapons, Yaretsu has found a weapon that resonated with their Art in a manner akin to a birthright. This magical blade, in truth being a hole in space in the shape of a blade, can be summoned via a spell and cleanly cleaves anything it comes into contact with, erasing everything in its path and dealing unfathomable damage to living creatures hit by its attack. Yaretsu has notably used this weapon in the fight against Tiamat herself, cutting off three of her heads in one strike and earning them the title of "the Blade of Disaster".
Trivia
- The player has attempted to play this character during unsuccessful campaigns twice, before finally succeeding in Tyranny of Dragons.